Monthly Archives: October 2017

Seventh Circuit Rules That Request For Two Months of Extended Medical Leave Is Not a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

Observing that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “is an antidiscrimination statute, not a medical leave entitlement,” the U.S. Court

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Reversing Obama-Era Policy Position, Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to Justice Department Personnel Advising That Gender Identity Discrimination Is Not Prohibited by Title VII

In an about face from a 2014 position adopted by the Obama Administration, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued

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Rare Pro-Employer Ruling by Ninth Circuit in Concludes Company Acted Properly in Terminating Worker Who Alleged Disability Discrimination

A “published” decision issued recently by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief Urging Full Eighth Circuit To Reverse Three-Judge Panel Ruling That Found Racial Epithets Uttered on Picket Line Were NLRA-Protected

NT Lakis attorneys, joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the full U.S. Court

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NT Lakis Attorneys Submit Written Comments to DOL in Anticipation of Revisions to the “White-Collar” Overtime Exemption Rules

NT Lakis attorneys have filed detailed written comments with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in response to that agency’s

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President Trump’s New and Refined Version of Immigration Travel Ban Adds Two Non-Muslim-Majority Countries

President Donald Trump has released yet another immigration “travel ban,” which is scheduled to go into effect on October 18,

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